The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-18
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings Of
All Kinds in the Two States.
A Widow Secures Heavy Verdict Against a
Railway-Incendiarie Attempt to Burn
the Town of Marshall, Ill.-Gleanings.
INDIANA.

A Widow Awarded sc, 500 for the Killing of
Her Husband by the Falling of Bridge.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
HARTFORD CRY, Jan. 1.-THE jury in the
trial of Mrs. Mary Sipple vs.. The Toledo. St
Louis & Kansas City Narroy-gu Railroad to-
day returned a verdict for the plaintiff allowing
her damages in the sum of $1,000. The trial has
been in progress in the Circuit Court here for
several days, and has attracted good deal OF
attention, especially from railroad men. John
Spple, the husband Of the plaintiff was an en-
gineer on this road, and on the 30th of July last
while crossing the Wabash river at Blufton the
bridge gave way aad precipitated his engine and
several cars into the river Mr.. Sipple received
injuries which resulted in his DEATH The suit
for damages was instituted on the ground of
criminal carelessness on the part of the company
in allowing the bridge to remain in dangerous
and unsafe condition. The jury, after being
out several hours returned verdict as above
Father Zahm's Lecture at Bloomington.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLooMINaTON Jan. 17-Students and citizens
crowded Indiana University chapel Sunday af
ternoon to hear the Rev. Father Zahm, of Notre
Dame University, deliver his celebrated lecture
on The Catholic Church and Modern Science"
He was complimented with the largest audience
that has gathered at the chapel since commence
ment Of 1886 Father Zahm was the first Cath
Ollie clergyman that ever appeared upon the uni
versity rostrum, on Sunday, to deliver an
address, in the history Of the university, which
covers nearly sixty years; SO, naturally, some
were present through curiosity, but generally to
hear the distinguished speaker. AS Introductory
Father Zahm stated that though he had
lecture prepared for Catholic audience, yet he
was sure Christians of every denomination
could indorse what he would say; possibly both
Catholics and Professionals would be alike
prised at the unity in belief existing between
the two churches. He said the Catholic Church
and real modern science were not In opposition,
but science was the handmade of religion BY
this he did not mean to include great many
points advocated in science on which there was
a greater diversity of opinion between various
scientific men than there was between the
church and science. He said that in all the his
tory of the Catholic Church, for nineteen centu-
RES past, there was not q written law of the
church that in any way opposed any well-estab-
lshed theory of scicence. and he defied proof to
the contrary. He thought this remarkable, in
one instance especially. and that the
relation of the earth and the sum- that was for so
long time regarded directly opposite to what
longestablished rules now prove. Yet the faith
ers had left not written word that committed
the church to the first theory.
In closing, Father Lahm spoke ct the three
divisions of scientific men: the athestic, the
agnostic, and he who believed in personal God
He hoped not to be considered rash in asserting
that the latter belief was consistent with true
Catholicism, though the former was entirely in
compatible with the belief of the church, and
no Catholic could subscribe to such views as
the first article of the church asserted that God
the creator OF all things. He closed by
stating that the great conflict was not between
religion and science. but was one between sci
entIsts, and that scientific men of every kind
should be slow to doubt the true religion. when
they were unable to agree among themselves, in
almost If not every instance, where the church
was at variance with established scientific theo
ries
Sudden Departure of a Museum Proprietor.